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This guy's viral dance video is awfully familiar
Last year, Karen Cheng laid out the 10 ways to go viral by showing the world how she learned to dance in one year. On Tuesday, YouTuber Neiland showed how the same thing’s still possible if you follow...
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Petition to deport Justin Bieber hits 100,000-signature threshold
A White House petition to get pop star Justin Bieber deported to Canada has collected more than 100,000 digital signatures.The We The People petition calls for “the dangerous, reckless, destructive,...
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Louis C.K.'s 1998 directorial debut hits the Web
Aside from his own specials and TV series, comedian Louis C.K.’s best-known directorial credit is for the resoundingly odd 2001 cult film Pootie Tang. But three years before that, he brought a debut...
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After Macklemore's Grammy text, Kendrick Lamar's Spotify traffic surged 99...
The most-talked about moment of the 2014 Grammys came after the awards, when Macklemore sent a text message to Kendrick Lamar, later displayed on his Instagram, claiming Lamar should have won the...
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'The Fault in Our Stars' is the one trailer it's totally OK to cry over
It was Time’s 2012 book of the year. It went head to head against Harry Potter last year in Entertainment Weekly’s poll for the best Young Adult work of all time. The book fans have adored, quoted...
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The definitive Internet guide to Super Bowl XLVIII
This Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos will face off for the NFL's highest honor in Super Bowl XLVIII. And from team highlights to alternative games to even a full explanation of the...
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Listen to this fake Red Hot Chili Peppers Super Bowl song now
A site appeared out of nowhere today. Simply titled RHCP 2014, it featured the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dodge Durango, and Pepsi logos and promoted the band’s upcoming Super Bowl appearance on Sunday. A...
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A new site adds an element of surprise to YouTube videos
Earlier today, I watched a video called “Mailman Battles Angry Cat While Attempting to Deliver Mail.” I clicked on it quickly, even though I knew exactly what it would be. There was no element of...
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Anna Kendrick's failed Newcastle Super Bowl ad is a huge success
‘Tis the season for all the Super Bowl ads marketed to pluck your heartstrings and make you buy beer. Perhaps the most innovative marketing campaign comes via Newcastle, whose IfWeMadeIt.com hosts...
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Forgotify: Listen to the 4 million Spotify tracks no one else has ever heard
Spotify is huge. It is a mind-boggling big database of music; at last count, the service was home to more than 20 million songs, and was adding 20,000 a day. Despite it's impressive user numbers (6...
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Is Netflix broken for deaf viewers?
There’s a lot to love about Netflix: their extensive catalogue, their low—for now—subscription fee, their byzantine yet unfailingly accurate recommendation algorithms (for the record, Netflix, just...
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How to silence the Super Bowl
Football, despite what my Chicago Bears-obsessed father would try to tell you, is not for everyone. As the most reluctant member of a Midwestern family devoted to the pigskin, the Super Bowl is my Mt....
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The snowbound South is no match for Roger Day and his Skype-certs
As the South recovers from an unexpected snowstorm that left thousands of passengers and schoolchildren stranded overnight on highways and in schools and politicians apologizing left and right, one...
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This hero cat saving a terrified dog is timeless
Fighting like cats and dogs? Think again. This furry feline’s all about helping out his four-legged friend—even if the situation might kill him. There's no telling where this occurred or how the...
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'Portlandia' debuts Super Bowl tailgating ads your parents will love
The fourth season of Portlandia debuts Feb. 27 on IFC, but a few teaser episodes appeared online this week, to celebrate their version of Super Bowl tailgating. In the five-episode web series,...
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Alison Brie can even make Craigslist sexy
Craigslist“Missed Connections” can be priceless pieces of art on their own merit, but if you wanted to make them even better, just add Alison Brie. The Community and Mad Men actress visited Jimmy...
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The 'Sharknado' sequel is coming, but how can it top the first one?
Big news on the Sharknado front: Ian Ziering and Tara Reid will reprise their starring roles from the original Sharknado as an estranged couple whose lives are torn asunder by improbable storms full...
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'Selfie' the sitcom is happening, and it's all your fault
Television studios have long puzzled over how best to co-opt the popularity of an Internet that otherwise robs them of passive, dead-eyed attention. For instance, do you recall that week in 2012 when...
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Inside Puppy Bowl X: The inspiring story behind America's cutest competition
I remember very well the first time I stumbled upon it. I was in high school and a college football fan, so I had little interest in what was a rather lackluster Super Bowl. During a particularly dull...
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Need more game day cute? Now there's Kitten Bowl
Clearly we’re all ready for the Big Game today—Puppy Bowl X, duh (just kidding, I’m a red-blooded American who will watch the Super Bowl and stream the aforementioned program from my laptop). But...
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